Reuters: Top News

• California COVID-19 hospitalizations double in four days: governor
  California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state had nearly doubled over the past four days and the number of ICU patients tripled during that time.
• New York cheers arrival of hospital ship as coronavirus cases soar
  People cheered the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort as it sailed into New York on Monday, a beacon of the national effort to stanch the coronavirus outbreak at its U.S. epicenter as the number of cases soared.
• Brent tumbles to lowest since 2002, U.S. crude dips below $20/bbl
  Global oil benchmark Brent crude plunged to its cheapest in almost 18 years on Monday and U.S. crude briefly tumbled below $20 per barrel on growing fears the global coronavirus shutdown could last months and demand for fuel will decline further.
• Coronavirus hits hundreds of U.S. police amid protective gear shortages
  When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus.
• Factbox: Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
  Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic.